I think it's reasonable for my post to be the subject of discussion. As evidenced by the discussion here, there are many views on the subject. As for that spec

I think it's reasonable for my post to be the subject of discussion. As evidenced by the discussion here, there are many views on the subject. As for that specific comment, I don't know that I agree with it or that you are taking it in the right spirit. It seems to me a light-hearted take on the fact that things that seemed advanced to us 30 years ago seem primitive to us now, and that our descendants might feel the same way in another 30 years. Again, that's not my point, merely a more charitable reading of that comment. The point of my post was not to blame any of my tools for anything. It was an observation that we shouldn't praise ourselves for mastering the minutiae of environments that suck. We should recognize design failings and try to build better tools. I've personally had great success writing software in JavaScript, among other languages, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.